Documentary focusses on South Africa's 'Other Man' FW de Klerk
- 9 years ago
Most people associate the end of apartheid in South Africa with the iconic figure of Nelson Mandela.
But the man who presided over his country’s historic transition from white minority rule to fully participative democracy, thereby effectively ending his own rule, remains little known, even among his own countrymen.
In his documentary ‘The Other Man’, Swiss-born American filmmaker Nicolas Rossier aims to redress the imbalance and tell the story of former South African President F.W. de Klerk.
“There’s Mandela and there are always photos of de Klerk and Mandela, but every time there is a story on Mandela, de Klerk comes one or two minutes in the whole program. I said, well why? I would like to understand what really happened with this guy?,” he explains.
“There was basically an opportunity and I think de Klerk seized it. But what was interesting is nobody knew his background, nobody knew where he came from.”
Mandela and de Klerk shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for ending mi
But the man who presided over his country’s historic transition from white minority rule to fully participative democracy, thereby effectively ending his own rule, remains little known, even among his own countrymen.
In his documentary ‘The Other Man’, Swiss-born American filmmaker Nicolas Rossier aims to redress the imbalance and tell the story of former South African President F.W. de Klerk.
“There’s Mandela and there are always photos of de Klerk and Mandela, but every time there is a story on Mandela, de Klerk comes one or two minutes in the whole program. I said, well why? I would like to understand what really happened with this guy?,” he explains.
“There was basically an opportunity and I think de Klerk seized it. But what was interesting is nobody knew his background, nobody knew where he came from.”
Mandela and de Klerk shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for ending mi